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NTTED STATES PATENT EETOE.

JESSE A. OEANDALL, OE BROOKLYN, AND EEANOIS SNYDEnOE NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOBBY-HORSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,941, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed September 13, 1F86. Seri-.il No. 918,439. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JEssE A. CEANDALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Brooklyn, county ol' Kings, and State of New York, and FRANCIS SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, county of New York, and State of New vYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hobby-Horses; and we do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the drawings annexed to and forming part of the same, furnishes a full and clear description thereof, sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and operate the same.

Our invention relates to toys for ehildrens use, known as "'hobby7 or exercising horses.

The objects to be attained by our invention are simplicity of construction, ease Of operation andadjustmcnt, safety to the rider, and a closer imitation ofthe movements of the live animal than has yet been reached.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention.

Figure lis a view in elevation of our improved hobby-horse in position for use. Fig. z is a top view of one of the detents D D on the standards C C.

Referring to the drawings, A is a base or platform resting upon supports B B. @Care upright standards on the platform A. D D are detents secured to the tops of the standards C C. E E are hangers suspended upon the tops of the standards C C, their ends being pivoted to the feet ofthe horse. Fis the body of the horse. a a. are grooves in the detents D D, and b b b b are the curved fingers of said detents.

Similar letters denote corresponding parts in the two figures.

The platform A is of wood, its length and width depending upon the size of the body of the horse. It is securely fastened upon the wooden supports B B, which extend from side to side underneath it near its ends. The standards C C are also of Wood and of such a height and width that when in position ou the platform they will pass freely under the body and between the legs of the horse when the latter is oseillated. Their lower ends are titted into openings in the longitudinal center ofthe platform and in suitable sockets in the supports B B thereunder and fastened in said sockets.

The hooks or detents D D are of metal and are firmly secured to the tops of the standards C C. They are bifuroated and are provided with a groove, a, running at a right angle with their curved lingers b b.

The hangers E E are also of metal. They are bent to form thre'e sides of a parallelogram, and their ends are respectively pivoted to the front and rear feet of the horse.

The body of the l1orse-may be of any size desired, so that it be proportioned to the length and width of the platform and height and width of the standards.

The detents D D are so placed upon the standards C C that the fingers of onepoint toward the front and those of the other toward the rear of the platform.

The horse is placed in position for use by passing the upper parts of the hangers E E beneath the fingers of the detents and into the grooves therein, so that said hangers extend diagonally inward from the standards C C to the feet of the horse, as shown in Fig. l. The rider then mounts upon the back of the horse, and, giving his body a slight impetus forward or backward, the horse is caused to oseillate back and forth and gently rise and fall as if in the act of galloping.

The platform A,being flat and solid, and being, in addition, sustained by the supports B B, forms a broad, firm, and steady base for the standards C C, and the latter being placed in the longitudinal center of the platform and firmly secured upon the latter and in the supports B B insures an immovable point of bearing and suspension for the hangers E E. The hangers E E extend diagonally inward from theirpoint of suspension and bearing in the grooves L a in the detents D D, and are thus prevented from slipping off, causing the horse to fall. More than this, the curved fingers of the detents D D afford protection against the slipping of the hangers forward, backward, or sidewise. Said detents, while so preventing the hangers from displacement during the oscillation of the horse, are of such a shape that the hangers can be detached from them with ease and rapidity when it is desired IOO to do so. Their being placed so that one faces in one direction and ,the other in the opposite direction also contributes topreyent any displacement of the hangers when the horse is oscillated.

The oscillation of the horse is in adirect line with the platform, is unwavering, steady, as well as gentle and undulatory, and the weight of the horse and rider being always confined to the center of the platform, between the standards, there is no danger of the rider being upset, thus rendering the horse a safe and reliable one for childrens use.

Having thus described our invention, its ob- 15 ject, construction, operation, and advantages,

Witnesses:

F. W. HANAFORD, THOMAS F. MAGNER. 

